Review: The Split Up Offers Glossy, Lighthearted Family Legal Drama

The Split Up, a new BBC iPlayer series reviewed by The Guardian, is a spinoff of the earlier drama The Split. It stars Sanjeev Bhaskar as the patriarch of a family handing over control of the family's law firm.

According to The Guardian, the series was written by Ursula Rani Sarma, unlike the original, which was written by Abi Morgan. The show follows a British South Asian family and is set in Manchester rather than London, but otherwise follows a similar format to its predecessor, centering on a family-run firm specializing in divorce cases involving high-net-worth clients.

The Guardian's review describes each episode's central case as anchoring a wider story involving the romantic lives, personal concerns and professional ambitions of the firm's lawyers and those around them. The review characterizes the series as glossy entertainment with a heavy focus on plot.